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give free rein

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give somebody/something (a) free rein also give (a) free reign to somebody/something
to allow someone or something complete freedom The owners gave the chef free reign to create a new menu. She was afraid to give free rein to her feelings.
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He implied, by tapping them and erasing from his mind the often contradictory requirements of a design brief, that he could then give free rein to instinct.
But the United States still has hundreds of community stations that give free rein and training to thousands of radio producers of every stripe.
Widely ignored housing laws that give free rein to slumlords.
 
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